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Saturday, February 12, 2011

I’ve read that Quincy Jones carries around copies of Miles Davis’ Kind Of Blue in his briefcase, and that he hands them out to kids whenever he meets them. Q-Tip compares Kind Of Blue to the Bible — you’re just expected to have a copy around the house. If you’ve never heard jazz before, Kind [...]

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Janet (Ms Jackson if you’re nasty)

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Janet has been on my mind a lot the past few months, what with Michael, and I was driven to go listen to Control again.

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